A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 - Biography |
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... death , raised him to the rank of Noblefs . He was a man of good mo- rals , and lived happily with a wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As ...
... death , raised him to the rank of Noblefs . He was a man of good mo- rals , and lived happily with a wife whom he tenderly loved . He died at Paris , Sept. 12 , 1764 ; and his exe- quies were celebrated with great mufical folemnity . As ...
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... death , as appeared from the foldiers writing with coals , on the ruins of the houfes they had burned , Mezeray ; " Vengeance for Rapin's death . " James de Rapin , lord & c . of Thoyras , was our author's father . He applied him- felf ...
... death , as appeared from the foldiers writing with coals , on the ruins of the houfes they had burned , Mezeray ; " Vengeance for Rapin's death . " James de Rapin , lord & c . of Thoyras , was our author's father . He applied him- felf ...
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... death , he found himself exhaufted , and often felt great pains in his ftomach : and at length a fever , with an oppreffion in his breaft , carried him off , after a week's illnefs , in 1725. He left one fon and fix daughters . He was ...
... death , he found himself exhaufted , and often felt great pains in his ftomach : and at length a fever , with an oppreffion in his breaft , carried him off , after a week's illnefs , in 1725. He left one fon and fix daughters . He was ...
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... death , which hap- pened March 24 , 1602-3 . ༠ Upon the acceffion of king James , he loft his interest . at court ; was , ftripped of his preferments ; and even ac- . cused , tried , and condemned for high treason . Various caufes have ...
... death , which hap- pened March 24 , 1602-3 . ༠ Upon the acceffion of king James , he loft his interest . at court ; was , ftripped of his preferments ; and even ac- . cused , tried , and condemned for high treason . Various caufes have ...
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... death ; and that he expected nothing lefs , is plain from a letter he wrote to his wife , which is printed among his works . Being reprieved , he was committed prifoner to the Tower of London , where he lay many years ; his lady living ...
... death ; and that he expected nothing lefs , is plain from a letter he wrote to his wife , which is printed among his works . Being reprieved , he was committed prifoner to the Tower of London , where he lay many years ; his lady living ...
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